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Day 1: TechEd Developers in Barcelona

I'm finally here at day one of TechEd Developers in Barcelona.  The trip from Seattle is long and hard.  So long and hard that my bags couldn't make it.  They decided to hang out in Coppenhagen for a while.  That explains why I'm walking around looking like Don Johnson (if you are too young to remember Miami Vice...

Working With Text and Files in Windows PowerShell (Part 3)

ScriptCenter has a couple chapters of Bruce Payette's awesome book:  Windows PowerShell in Action.  You can (and should) read part 3 of chapter 10 at: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/topics/winpsh/payette3.mspx Part 3 focuses on XML processing.  If you've ever been coding XML and thought to yourself...

-ErrorAction and -ErrorVariable

Let me take a minute to tell you about 2 of my favorite things in Windows PowerShell:  -ErrorAction and –ErrorVariable You may have heard me talk about being maniacal about doing a great job with error handling ... this is one the cornerstones of our architecture. Here is the background:  Cmdlets are implemented by ...

PowerShell Month Begins!!!!

Windows PowerShell Scripting Contest on TechNet ScriptCenter (Nov 1 – Dec 15 2006)   Want a chance to win one of over 150 prizes, including one of two, all-expenses paid trips to Redmond, WA to meet the Windows PowerShell team? Or maybe one of 12 Xbox 360 Core gaming machines? Or one of the dozens of prizes provided by PowerGadgets or ...